Higher Gas Prices = Lower Traffic Deaths


	Higher Gas Prices = Lower Traffic Deaths

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7-22-2008 8:38 PM

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gas, gasonline, fuel, driving, drive, traffic, travel, death

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7-23-2008 1:25 AM

chaynepain

less people on the road + less aggressive driving= less accidents

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#99ff99;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7f3b5a14-6bde-453d-8ee0-6d6764c38954/4F400C8A-B0B5-48BE-89DA-E4B67F387DCE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/22/1687927-high-gas-prices-causing-lower-traffic-deaths" href="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/22/1687927-high-gas-prices-causing-lower-traffic-deaths" style="font-size: 11px;">digits.newsvine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/22/1687927-high-gas-prices-causing-lower-traffic-deaths"><P align="justify">With the ever-increasing gas prices, one may think there could hardly be any good news related to it. However, as climbing gas prices continue, there does appear to be one positive outcome; Lower traffic fatalities.
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